Britain and Germany’s defense cooperation plans face tough choices
According to the briefing, some of that work could help the startup develop a more advanced German-British weapon. Another complication will be finding out what role France will play — if at all. When Chancellor…
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Security Sunday: Wie real ist die Kriegsgefahr? – mit General Alexander Sollfrank
Was passiert konkret, wenn das Land militärisch angegriffen wird? Dieser existenziellen Frage stellt sich Generalleutnant Alexander Sollfrank, Befehlshaber des Operativen Führungskommandos der Bundeswehr, im Gespräch mit…
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Hundreds of thousands of protesters march across France for third week in a row
French authorities described the situation nationwide as “generally calm” in the early afternoon. France deployed 70,000 police officers to contain what it feared would be another day of unrest. Many protesters wore…
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Putin’s potential G20 comeback risks normalizing Russian war crimes, says Kallas
His last in-person attendance at a G20 meeting was in 2019 — three years before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Kallas’ remarks come amid growing frustration among EU countries over…
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Forget AI, Europe has a plan to win the next tech revolution
It also mandates governments to procure quantum technology from EU-based companies, or from countries that have a strategic partnership with the EU on the technology. The EU agrees quantum legislation should be…
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Merz ‘surprised’ by Asian pushback to ‘Made in Europe’ plan for car industry
Merz admitted the Franco-German proposal had “sparked considerable concern in the region — in Singapore, Japan, and Korea — that we may be facing a new wave of protectionism in Europe, that we are closing ourselves off…
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Starmer says UK must get closer to Europe as US relationship changes
The former prime minister warned European leaders of the threat posed by Russia, among others, and said the shift in relations with Washington during Donald Trump's presidency was not likely to reset once he leaves the…
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Burnham 'open' to calls for slavery apology but not reparations
He said he wanted a "dialogue with those affected" and was open to "calls for an apology", but said reparations were "not the right answer". The statement was welcomed by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for…
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Burnham ‘open’ to formal apology for Britain’s slave trade
“I do not think that British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous, that happened in a different age under different laws and in which they played no personal part,” the prime minister…
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Healey to veto new offshore wind projects if they will not lower bills
Announcing his plans, the chancellor said clean power is "how we break the grip of international gas prices on our bills", but added the shift towards it "has to come at the right pace, in the right places, with the grid…
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